High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-0553
CVE-2017-0553
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.
Affected products
12Android-5.0.2+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: Android-5.0.2
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
10- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01nvdVendor Advisory
- git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceebnvd
- lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/nvd
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